KURZFILM FESTIVAL HAMBURG 2024

Hamburg - Germany

From June 4, 2024 to June 9, 2024

KURZFILM AGENTUR HAMBURG KURZFILM FESTIVAL HAMBURG BODENSTEDTSTRAßE 16 22765 HAMBURG GERMANY

+49 40 391063 0 / +49 176 913 657 05 submission@shortfilm.com https://festival.shortfilm.com/

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

The International Competition functions as seismograph for societally relevant questions and therefore allows brief glimpses into the future. It presents a selection of films in composed programmes which reflect contemporary questions and aesthetics in the mirror of the present. These films were produced outside the framework of commercial exploitation strategies, thus offering an unobstructed look at questions and relationships, conditions and moments. Documentary miniatures meet radically experimental films which in turn meet films which overtake Aristotle on the left with their narrative strategies. The short form shatters all boundaries and conventions. Young new talents encounter well known artists. Contemporary cinema at eye level.

Opening submissions: November 1, 2023
Earlybird deadline: December 1, 2023 7 EUR
Final deadline: February 7, 2024 10 EUR
Notification of results: May 1, 2024

Preview format:
-Uploaded file (1 stamp)

Requirements:
1) Films completed after: 01/01/2022
2) Maximum duration: 30:00 min
3) Country of production: All
4) Screening format: DCP, Digital File (mp4, mov, prores)
5) Accepted genres: All
6) Subtitles: If the language of the film is not English, subtitles must come in English.
7) Suitable for young audiences: If your film can be considered for young audiences (4-18 years) please prefer to submit only to Youth Shortfilm Festival Mo&Friese.

Awards:

Hamburg Short Film Award (3,000 €)

Deframed Award (2,000 €), for a film which reflects reality in a poetic, formal and analytic way while ignoring all rules in a pioneering spirit.

The Jury of the International Competition nominates one european film for the European Film Awards.

The audience awards the Audience Award (1,500 €) for the best film from the International or German Competition.

The competition spanning ARTE Short Film Award consists of the purchase of one film (up to 6000 Euros) and its subsequent screening in the Kurzschluss programme by ARTE, the Franco-German cultural TV channel.

YOUTH SECTION: MO&FRIESE - COMPETITION

The youth section Mo&Friese is one of the very few film festivals for a young audience that is exclusively dedicated to short film. Including all types of short films, we present nine programmes with three different competitions aiming at children and youth age 4 to 18 and an international industry. Mo&Friese awards prizes worth a total of 4000 €. In addition, an international Jury (containing of ECFA members) is choosing a shortfilm for the ECFA Shortfilm-Award.

Opening submissions: November 1, 2023
Earlybird deadline: December 1, 2023 7 EUR
Final deadline: February 7, 2024 10 EUR
Notification of results: May 1, 2024

Preview format:
-Uploaded file (1 stamp)

Requirements:
1) Films completed after: 01/01/2022
2) Maximum duration: 30 Minutes
3) Country of production: all
4) Screening format: Digital File (mp4, mov, prores), DCP
5) Accepted genres: all
6) Subtitles: If the language of the film is not English, subtitles must come in English.

Mo&Friese Junges Kurzfilm Festival - Awards:

Friese-Award for the Best Short Film for Children 4+ / 6+ (1,000 €)

Mo-Award for the Best Short Film for Children 9+ / 12+ (1,000 €)

Neon-Award for the Best Short Film for Young People 14+ / 16+ (1,000 €)

In addition, an international Jury (containing of ECFA members) is choosing a short film for the ECFA Short Film Award.

GERMAN COMPETITION

The German Competition functions as a seismograph for societally relevant questions in Germany and beyond and therefore allows brief glimpses into the future of German filmmaking. It presents a selection of films in composed programmes which reflect contemporary questions and aesthetics in the mirror of the present. These films were produced outside the framework of commercial exploitation strategies, thus offering an unobstructed look at questions and relationships, conditions and moments. Documentary miniatures meet radically experimental films which in turn meet films which overtake Aristotle on the left with their narrative strategies. The short form shatters all boundaries and conventions. Young new talents encounter well known artists. Contemporary cinema at eye level.

Opening submissions: November 1, 2023
Earlybird deadline: December 1, 2023 7 EUR
Final deadline: February 7, 2024 10 EUR
Notification of results: May 1, 2024

Preview format:
-Uploaded file (1 stamp)

Requirements:
1) Films completed after: 01/01/2022
2) Maximum duration: 30:00 min
3) Country of production: Germany
4) Screening format: DCP, Digital File (mp4, mov, prores)
5) Accepted genres: All
6) Subtitles: If the language of the film is not English, subtitles must come in English.
7)  Definition of a German film: A film is considered eligible for the German competition if at least one of the following key positions - director, writer, producer - is filled by people resident in Germany or if the film has a substantial connection to Germany (e.g.location).

Awards:

In the German Competition, an international jury awards the Award for the best German short film (2,000 €).

The audience awards the Audience Award (1,500 €) for the best film from the International or German Competition.

The competition spanning ARTE Short Film Award consists of the purchase of one film(up to 6000 Euros) and its subsequent screening in the Kurzschluss programme by ARTE, the Franco-German cultural TV channel.

THE TRIPLE AXEL COMPETITION - TOPIC: "SALT"

The triple Axel screens films which are shorter than 3:00 minutes and which have to fit the topic for the 2023 edition of the competition: SALT. "Salt" is such a prominent player in idioms and language games, we can already guess how you will translate "salt" into film language: We look forward to salt shaker ballets or salt shaker thrillers, the salt on your skins, in soups and wounds ... Right? Surprise us and submit your salt film to us! In this sense: Axel and salt - God bless!

Opening submissions: November 1, 2023
Final deadline: February 7, 2024 Free
Notification of results: May 1, 2024

Preview format:
-Uploaded file (1 stamp)

Requirements:
1) Films completed after: 01/01/2022
2) Maximum duration: 3:00 min
3) Country of production: All
4) Screening format: DCP, Digital File (mp4, mov, prores)
5) Accepted genres: All

Films HAVE to be shorter than 3:00 minutes!

Award:
The winner of this section receives an audience award, worth 1,000 Euros. It is possible that some of the films selected will make it into the Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg’s distribution.